How much resource would it have taken to just leave their position in favor of the bill alone? It doesn't mean they'd have to spend time and money lobbying for it.
I've got some Karma to burn so I'm going to say this anyway. If you're concerned about saying this if you felt it would be too damaging to your Slashdot Karma, it pretty much explains why you think the guy shouldn't say anything remotely controversial.
Also, Slashdot Karma's not so important. Get a life.
I'd be more concerned about the nuclear waste storage problem, if we'd solved the "fossil fuel waste storage problem." Putting nuclear waste in a small number of underground facilities beats the heck out of putting fossil fuel waste in the atmosphere to go in our lungs and screw up the climate.
Selling illegal drugs is (by definition) illegal. Selling cd-r disks is legal.
As you point out, the government never receives revenue from sales of illegal drugs, it is just a prosecutorial tool (cf. Al Capone's conviction on tax evasion charges). By contrast, substantial revenues would be raised from a cd-r tax.
The various cd-r "taxes" are actually levies/royalties that go to the music industry not to the government.
When I carefully think about the above issues, I agree with the grandparent post that these fees constitute double-dipping.
Just in case you didn't RTFR. Here are some choice quotes:
Right now, if you wanted the absolute best gaming performance from an Intel chip, you wouldn't buy a Prescott, a Northwood, or an EE. You wouldn't buy Grantsdale or Canterwood, or PCI-Express.
You'd buy a DFI board based on Intel's Montara chipset, you'd use single-channel DDR333, AGP 4x, and a regular ATA hard drive--and your frame rates would rock in silence.
And my favorite:
In three words: This chip rocks.
It looks like a pretty impressive platform. I hope Intel ditches the P4 and moves their efforts towards further developing the Pentium M.
The side effects of these sorts of drugs are not yet fully known, although many neuroscientists think that they may lead to 'mental clutter' or task-obsessiveness."
Exploiting cognitive-enhancing drugs' task-obsessiveness is the main theme of Vernor Vinge's Hugo-Award winner, A Deepness in the Sky. This would not be a good prediction to come true.
We need to elect some conservatives that will actually..gasp...spend less then they take in.
Excuse me, a quick check of US deficit history shows that 11 of the last 12 record deficits (1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 2003, and 2004) occurred under Republican administrations and only 1 under a democrat (1980), so maybe the problem is that we have elected too many "conservatives". It's absolutely astonishing to me how Democrats have become the party of fiscal responsibility.
I think the reason for this is that conservatives dramatically cut government revenue through heavy tax cuts saying "you can spend the money better than the government" but then the government keeps spending the money anyway.
The thing I miss the most from the Mozilla is the ability to type something to search directly in the address bar press the down arrow (selecting: search google for...) then [enter]... No need to add another space wasting thingy just for searches.
I stupidly put off switching for the same reason, but with a little customization you can do it in even fewer keystrokes with Firefox.
Enter about:config in the location bar, set keyword.URL to http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q=
Now typing any non-url in the location bar brings up the google search results. No need to press the down arrow!
Another problem with Tanenbaum's logic is that he only presents examples of people that were Unix licensees...
This is false. I worked at Mark Williams. Mark Williams was definitely not a unix licensee. Dennis Ritchie has a nice account of his lawyer-driven visit to Mark Williams that failed to turn up any evidence of code appropriation.
Can anyone think of any other examples of a type of number that only has a finite number of them, even though at first glance it seems like there might be an infinite number of them?
Waring's Problem provides good examples. For example, the only numbers that cannot be written as a sum of 7 cubes are 15, 22, 23, 50, 114, 167, 175, 186, 212, 231, 238, 239, 303, 364, 420, 428, and 454.
This problem has been in existence forever - how can it be that C compilers can be written in C? (Hint: the first one wasn't)
Actually, the easiest bootstrap does involve writing the first C compiler in C. Next, write a C interpreter in a preexisting language (much easier than writing a compiler) and use that to interpret the compiler compiling itself.
Although this is severely offtopic, some things must be responded to.
What discouraged Israelis about the peace process was when Barak made a legitimate attempt at concluding the final status agreement and Arafat responded by refusing to negotiate and calling forth a wave of suicide bombings (the second intifada) that has continued to this day. This led most Israelis to believe, rightly IMO, that it is not possible to negotiate a final status agreement with a government headed by Arafat.
Your points about cheap labor are completely uninformed as the use of Palestinians in the Israeli labor force has greatly declined since the signing of the Oslo accords (they have been replaced by foreign workers). Of course, Shabbat shopping is much more convenient in Tel Aviv than the West Bank, which makes me wonder whether you even think about what you say.
From the Palestinian side, I believe the primary problem is that the PA completely ignored Oslo's requirement for preparing the populace for peace by setting up a peace curriculum rather than a incite them with a hate curriculum. There are any number of sites online where you can see Palestinian textbooks saying things like "Do not trust the Jew because he is deceitful," and the commercial run on Palestinian television asking children to "put down their toys" and become martyrs.
In spite of that, I believe (and polls are ambiguous on this point) that the majority of both the Palestinians and Israelis would agree to a final status accord along the lines of those proposed by Clinton. Once Arafat has faded away, maybe the PA will agree to such an accord.
It doesn't really matter if Microsoft is competing against Linux or old Microsoft releases. Their current releases are losing market share. Shit, I still use Visual C++ 6.0 at work.
It asserts files like errno.h are infringing. It acknowledges these files were part of the BSDI/USL settlement but says that their use in GPL'ed software was not allowed by the settlement.
I just can't take MIT's answer at face-value. Just suppose that Microsoft influenced the choice of software, perhaps through connections, kickbacks, etc.. MIT could hardly say it was because Microsoft bribed them. Instead, they would cite an outside authority like Gartner. This sounds a lot more likely than their doing a >$10M project without researching which software to use.
This speaks well of/. Microsoft was wrong on the firing but right on this patent. We don't just give a kneejerk reaction that something must be wrong just because Microsoft did it.
Rational? It doesn't matter what we think. In the end, it will come down to an old man in a black robe.
Actually, if it goes to trial, it will come down to a jury. SCO can and presumably will insist on a jury (Stowell suggests as much here). This may be SCO's hope. The randomness of a jury decision gives them a real chance of winning (a la OJ) in spite of the facts. It's a scary thought.
I'm not sure why this story is being posted now. "Galileo consumed by Jupiter" happened in around 1610. Galileo's consuming obsession with Jupiter ultimately led to his condemnation for heresy in 1633. This is a totally appropriate subject for Slashdot's righteous indignation, but is kind of late in coming, especially since he was exonerated (sort of, John Paul II waffled a bit) in 1992.
Don't forget, this is Slashdot, no need for me to RTFA.
They are talking about experienced UNIX programmers contributing to the Open Letter, not to the Linux kernel, dimwit. Does that mean the Open Letter is tainted?
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How much resource would it have taken to just leave their position in favor of the bill alone? It doesn't mean they'd have to spend time and money lobbying for it.
Spike: Buffy, you don't have the patent on bad relationships.
Buffy: Wouldn't it be cool if I did!
Actually, I thought this is the best evidence for a sixth-sense in humans.
I've got some Karma to burn so I'm going to say this anyway.
If you're concerned about saying this if you felt it would be too damaging to your Slashdot Karma, it pretty much explains why you think the guy shouldn't say anything remotely controversial.
Also, Slashdot Karma's not so important. Get a life.
I'd be more concerned about the nuclear waste storage problem, if we'd solved the "fossil fuel waste storage problem." Putting nuclear waste in a small number of underground facilities beats the heck out of putting fossil fuel waste in the atmosphere to go in our lungs and screw up the climate.
Resistance is proportional to the cross-section of a wire
Let's not get sloppy. Should say inversely proportional.
When I carefully think about the above issues, I agree with the grandparent post that these fees constitute double-dipping.
And my favorite:
It looks like a pretty impressive platform. I hope Intel ditches the P4 and moves their efforts towards further developing the Pentium M.
Exploiting cognitive-enhancing drugs' task-obsessiveness is the main theme of Vernor Vinge's Hugo-Award winner, A Deepness in the Sky. This would not be a good prediction to come true.
Excuse me, a quick check of US deficit history shows that 11 of the last 12 record deficits (1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 2003, and 2004) occurred under Republican administrations and only 1 under a democrat (1980), so maybe the problem is that we have elected too many "conservatives". It's absolutely astonishing to me how Democrats have become the party of fiscal responsibility.
I think the reason for this is that conservatives dramatically cut government revenue through heavy tax cuts saying "you can spend the money better than the government" but then the government keeps spending the money anyway.
I see no contradiction. He obviously doesn't think Bush (or maybe Kerry) is a man.
I stupidly put off switching for the same reason, but with a little customization you can do it in even fewer keystrokes with Firefox.
Enter about:config in the location bar, set keyword.URL to http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google+Search&q
Now typing any non-url in the location bar brings up the google search results. No need to press the down arrow!
This is false. I worked at Mark Williams. Mark Williams was definitely not a unix licensee. Dennis Ritchie has a nice account of his lawyer-driven visit to Mark Williams that failed to turn up any evidence of code appropriation.
Waring's Problem provides good examples. For example, the only numbers that cannot be written as a sum of 7 cubes are 15, 22, 23, 50, 114, 167, 175, 186, 212, 231, 238, 239, 303, 364, 420, 428, and 454.
Actually, the easiest bootstrap does involve writing the first C compiler in C. Next, write a C interpreter in a preexisting language (much easier than writing a compiler) and use that to interpret the compiler compiling itself.
Not true. You can send me one if you want (don't know why you would, though).
Although this is severely offtopic, some things must be responded to.
What discouraged Israelis about the peace process was when Barak made a legitimate attempt at concluding the final status agreement and Arafat responded by refusing to negotiate and calling forth a wave of suicide bombings (the second intifada) that has continued to this day. This led most Israelis to believe, rightly IMO, that it is not possible to negotiate a final status agreement with a government headed by Arafat.
Your points about cheap labor are completely uninformed as the use of Palestinians in the Israeli labor force has greatly declined since the signing of the Oslo accords (they have been replaced by foreign workers). Of course, Shabbat shopping is much more convenient in Tel Aviv than the West Bank, which makes me wonder whether you even think about what you say.
From the Palestinian side, I believe the primary problem is that the PA completely ignored Oslo's requirement for preparing the populace for peace by setting up a peace curriculum rather than a incite them with a hate curriculum. There are any number of sites online where you can see Palestinian textbooks saying things like "Do not trust the Jew because he is deceitful," and the commercial run on Palestinian television asking children to "put down their toys" and become martyrs.
In spite of that, I believe (and polls are ambiguous on this point) that the majority of both the Palestinians and Israelis would agree to a final status accord along the lines of those proposed by Clinton. Once Arafat has faded away, maybe the PA will agree to such an accord.
It doesn't really matter if Microsoft is competing against Linux or old Microsoft releases. Their current releases are losing market share. Shit, I still use Visual C++ 6.0 at work.
It asserts files like errno.h are infringing. It acknowledges these files were part of the BSDI/USL settlement but says that their use in GPL'ed software was not allowed by the settlement.
I just can't take MIT's answer at face-value. Just suppose that Microsoft influenced the choice of software, perhaps through connections, kickbacks, etc.. MIT could hardly say it was because Microsoft bribed them. Instead, they would cite an outside authority like Gartner. This sounds a lot more likely than their doing a >$10M project without researching which software to use.
Don't forget what I'll be worth if my anti-gravity machine works.
This speaks well of /. Microsoft was wrong on the firing but right on this patent. We don't just give a kneejerk reaction that something must be wrong just because Microsoft did it.
Actually, if it goes to trial, it will come down to a jury. SCO can and presumably will insist on a jury (Stowell suggests as much here). This may be SCO's hope. The randomness of a jury decision gives them a real chance of winning (a la OJ) in spite of the facts. It's a scary thought.
I'm not sure why this story is being posted now. "Galileo consumed by Jupiter" happened in around 1610. Galileo's consuming obsession with Jupiter ultimately led to his condemnation for heresy in 1633. This is a totally appropriate subject for Slashdot's righteous indignation, but is kind of late in coming, especially since he was exonerated (sort of, John Paul II waffled a bit) in 1992.
Don't forget, this is Slashdot, no need for me to RTFA.
They are talking about experienced UNIX programmers contributing to the Open Letter, not to the Linux kernel, dimwit. Does that mean the Open Letter is tainted?